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[tor-commits] [snowflake/main] Update Snowflake client library documentation
commit 638ec6c222327ca02950338b2919ce8b22e1f900
Author: Cecylia Bocovich <cohosh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Sep 9 16:01:38 2021 -0400
Update Snowflake client library documentation
Follow best practices for documenting the exported pieces of the
Snowflake client library.
---
client/lib/interfaces.go | 17 +++++++-------
client/lib/peers.go | 18 +++++++-------
client/lib/rendezvous.go | 23 +++++++-----------
client/lib/rendezvous_ampcache.go | 4 ++--
client/lib/rendezvous_http.go | 2 +-
client/lib/rendezvous_test.go | 4 ++--
client/lib/snowflake.go | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
client/lib/webrtc.go | 16 ++++++++-----
8 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
diff --git a/client/lib/interfaces.go b/client/lib/interfaces.go
index 0a871b8..66b9d56 100644
--- a/client/lib/interfaces.go
+++ b/client/lib/interfaces.go
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
package lib
-// Interface for catching Snowflakes. (aka the remote dialer)
+// Tongue is an interface for catching Snowflakes. (aka the remote dialer)
type Tongue interface {
+ // Catch makes a connection to a new snowflake.
Catch() (*WebRTCPeer, error)
- // Get the maximum number of snowflakes
+ // GetMax returns the maximum number of snowflakes a client can have.
GetMax() int
}
-// Interface for collecting some number of Snowflakes, for passing along
-// ultimately to the SOCKS handler.
+// SnowflakeCollector is an interface for managing a client's collection of snowflakes.
type SnowflakeCollector interface {
- // Add a Snowflake to the collection.
- // Implementation should decide how to connect and maintain the webRTCConn.
+ // Collect adds a snowflake to the collection.
+ // The implementation of Collect should decide how to connect to and maintain
+ // the connection to the WebRTCPeer.
Collect() (*WebRTCPeer, error)
- // Remove and return the most available Snowflake from the collection.
+ // Pop removes and returns the most available snowflake from the collection.
Pop() *WebRTCPeer
- // Signal when the collector has stopped collecting.
+ // Melted returns a channel that will signal when the collector has stopped.
Melted() <-chan struct{}
}
diff --git a/client/lib/peers.go b/client/lib/peers.go
index 1abcd95..6bddbf2 100644
--- a/client/lib/peers.go
+++ b/client/lib/peers.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
"sync"
)
-// Container which keeps track of multiple WebRTC remote peers.
+// Peers is a container that keeps track of multiple WebRTC remote peers.
// Implements |SnowflakeCollector|.
//
// Maintaining a set of pre-connected Peers with fresh but inactive datachannels
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type Peers struct {
collectLock sync.Mutex
}
-// Construct a fresh container of remote peers.
+// NewPeers constructs a fresh container of remote peers.
func NewPeers(tongue Tongue) (*Peers, error) {
p := &Peers{}
// Use buffered go channel to pass snowflakes onwards to the SOCKS handler.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewPeers(tongue Tongue) (*Peers, error) {
return p, nil
}
-// As part of |SnowflakeCollector| interface.
+// Collect connects to and adds a new remote peer as part of |SnowflakeCollector| interface.
func (p *Peers) Collect() (*WebRTCPeer, error) {
// Engage the Snowflake Catching interface, which must be available.
p.collectLock.Lock()
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func (p *Peers) Collect() (*WebRTCPeer, error) {
return connection, nil
}
-// Pop blocks until an available, valid snowflake appears. Returns nil after End
-// has been called.
+// Pop blocks until an available, valid snowflake appears.
+// Pop will return nil after End has been called.
func (p *Peers) Pop() *WebRTCPeer {
for {
snowflake, ok := <-p.snowflakeChan
@@ -93,12 +93,13 @@ func (p *Peers) Pop() *WebRTCPeer {
}
}
-// As part of |SnowflakeCollector| interface.
+// Melted returns a channel that will close when peers stop being collected.
+// Melted is a necessary part of |SnowflakeCollector| interface.
func (p *Peers) Melted() <-chan struct{} {
return p.melt
}
-// Returns total available Snowflakes (including the active one)
+// Count returns the total available Snowflakes (including the active ones)
// The count only reduces when connections themselves close, rather than when
// they are popped.
func (p *Peers) Count() int {
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ func (p *Peers) purgeClosedPeers() {
}
}
-// Close all Peers contained here.
+// End closes all active connections to Peers contained here, and stops the
+// collection of future Peers.
func (p *Peers) End() {
close(p.melt)
p.collectLock.Lock()
diff --git a/client/lib/rendezvous.go b/client/lib/rendezvous.go
index cf67e09..689e51c 100644
--- a/client/lib/rendezvous.go
+++ b/client/lib/rendezvous.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
// WebRTC rendezvous requires the exchange of SessionDescriptions between
// peers in order to establish a PeerConnection.
-//
-// This file contains the one method currently available to Snowflake:
-//
-// - Domain-fronted HTTP signaling. The Broker automatically exchange offers
-// and answers between this client and some remote WebRTC proxy.
package lib
@@ -22,7 +17,7 @@ import (
)
const (
- BrokerErrorUnexpected string = "Unexpected error, no answer."
+ brokerErrorUnexpected string = "Unexpected error, no answer."
readLimit = 100000 //Maximum number of bytes to be read from an HTTP response
)
@@ -55,7 +50,7 @@ func createBrokerTransport() http.RoundTripper {
return transport
}
-// Construct a new BrokerChannel, where:
+// NewBrokerChannel construct a new BrokerChannel, where:
// |broker| is the full URL of the facilitating program which assigns proxies
// to clients, and |front| is the option fronting domain.
func NewBrokerChannel(broker, ampCache, front string, keepLocalAddresses bool) (*BrokerChannel, error) {
@@ -85,10 +80,8 @@ func NewBrokerChannel(broker, ampCache, front string, keepLocalAddresses bool) (
}, nil
}
-// Roundtrip HTTP POST using WebRTC SessionDescriptions.
-//
-// Send an SDP offer to the broker, which assigns a proxy and responds
-// with an SDP answer from a designated remote WebRTC peer.
+// Negotiate uses a RendezvousMethod to send the client's WebRTC SDP offer
+// and receive a snowflake proxy WebRTC SDP answer in return.
func (bc *BrokerChannel) Negotiate(offer *webrtc.SessionDescription) (
*webrtc.SessionDescription, error) {
// Ideally, we could specify an `RTCIceTransportPolicy` that would handle
@@ -135,6 +128,7 @@ func (bc *BrokerChannel) Negotiate(offer *webrtc.SessionDescription) (
return util.DeserializeSessionDescription(resp.Answer)
}
+// SetNATType sets the NAT type of the client so we can send it to the WebRTC broker.
func (bc *BrokerChannel) SetNATType(NATType string) {
bc.lock.Lock()
bc.natType = NATType
@@ -142,13 +136,14 @@ func (bc *BrokerChannel) SetNATType(NATType string) {
log.Printf("NAT Type: %s", NATType)
}
-// Implements the |Tongue| interface to catch snowflakes, using BrokerChannel.
+// WebRTCDialer implements the |Tongue| interface to catch snowflakes, using BrokerChannel.
type WebRTCDialer struct {
*BrokerChannel
webrtcConfig *webrtc.Configuration
max int
}
+// NewWebRTCDialer constructs a new WebRTCDialer.
func NewWebRTCDialer(broker *BrokerChannel, iceServers []webrtc.ICEServer, max int) *WebRTCDialer {
config := webrtc.Configuration{
ICEServers: iceServers,
@@ -161,14 +156,14 @@ func NewWebRTCDialer(broker *BrokerChannel, iceServers []webrtc.ICEServer, max i
}
}
-// Initialize a WebRTC Connection by signaling through the broker.
+// Catch initializes a WebRTC Connection by signaling through the BrokerChannel.
func (w WebRTCDialer) Catch() (*WebRTCPeer, error) {
// TODO: [#25591] Fetch ICE server information from Broker.
// TODO: [#25596] Consider TURN servers here too.
return NewWebRTCPeer(w.webrtcConfig, w.BrokerChannel)
}
-// Returns the maximum number of snowflakes to collect
+// GetMax returns the maximum number of snowflakes to collect.
func (w WebRTCDialer) GetMax() int {
return w.max
}
diff --git a/client/lib/rendezvous_ampcache.go b/client/lib/rendezvous_ampcache.go
index 2f1fb9f..6ac99b3 100644
--- a/client/lib/rendezvous_ampcache.go
+++ b/client/lib/rendezvous_ampcache.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (r *ampCacheRendezvous) Exchange(encPollReq []byte) ([]byte, error) {
// * If the broker returns a 5xx status, the AMP cache
// translates it to a 404.
// https://amp.dev/documentation/guides-and-tutorials/learn/amp-caches-and-cors/amp-cache-urls/#redirect-%26-error-handling
- return nil, errors.New(BrokerErrorUnexpected)
+ return nil, errors.New(brokerErrorUnexpected)
}
if _, err := resp.Location(); err == nil {
// The Google AMP Cache may return a "silent redirect" with
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (r *ampCacheRendezvous) Exchange(encPollReq []byte) ([]byte, error) {
// follow redirects nor execute JavaScript, but in any case we
// cannot extract information from this response and can only
// treat it as an error.
- return nil, errors.New(BrokerErrorUnexpected)
+ return nil, errors.New(brokerErrorUnexpected)
}
lr := io.LimitReader(resp.Body, readLimit+1)
diff --git a/client/lib/rendezvous_http.go b/client/lib/rendezvous_http.go
index e020077..43ed075 100644
--- a/client/lib/rendezvous_http.go
+++ b/client/lib/rendezvous_http.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (r *httpRendezvous) Exchange(encPollReq []byte) ([]byte, error) {
log.Printf("HTTP rendezvous response: %s", resp.Status)
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
- return nil, errors.New(BrokerErrorUnexpected)
+ return nil, errors.New(brokerErrorUnexpected)
}
return limitedRead(resp.Body, readLimit)
diff --git a/client/lib/rendezvous_test.go b/client/lib/rendezvous_test.go
index 6a1a071..4bc5766 100644
--- a/client/lib/rendezvous_test.go
+++ b/client/lib/rendezvous_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestHTTPRendezvous(t *testing.T) {
answer, err := rend.Exchange(fakeEncPollReq)
So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
So(answer, ShouldBeNil)
- So(err.Error(), ShouldResemble, BrokerErrorUnexpected)
+ So(err.Error(), ShouldResemble, brokerErrorUnexpected)
})
Convey("httpRendezvous.Exchange fails with error", func() {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestAMPCacheRendezvous(t *testing.T) {
answer, err := rend.Exchange(fakeEncPollReq)
So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
So(answer, ShouldBeNil)
- So(err.Error(), ShouldResemble, BrokerErrorUnexpected)
+ So(err.Error(), ShouldResemble, brokerErrorUnexpected)
})
Convey("ampCacheRendezvous.Exchange fails with error", func() {
diff --git a/client/lib/snowflake.go b/client/lib/snowflake.go
index e0591a7..4b17f0b 100644
--- a/client/lib/snowflake.go
+++ b/client/lib/snowflake.go
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ import (
)
const (
+ // ReconnectTimeout is the time a Snowflake client will wait before collecting
+ // more snowflakes.
ReconnectTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+ // SnowflakeTimeout is the time a Snowflake client will wait before determining that
+ // a remote snowflake has been disconnected. If no new messages are sent or received
+ // in this time period, the client will terminate the connection with the remote
+ // peer and collect a new snowflake.
SnowflakeTimeout = 20 * time.Second
- // How long to wait for the OnOpen callback on a DataChannel.
+ // DataChannelTimeout is how long the client will wait for the OnOpen callback
+ // on a newly created DataChannel.
DataChannelTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+ // WindowSize is the number of packets in the send and receive window of a KCP connection.
WindowSize = 65535
+ // StreamSize controls the maximum amount of in flight data between a client and server.
StreamSize = 1048576 //1MB
)
@@ -37,16 +46,31 @@ type Transport struct {
dialer *WebRTCDialer
}
+// ClientConfig defines how the SnowflakeClient will connect to the broker and Snowflake proxies.
type ClientConfig struct {
- BrokerURL string
- AmpCacheURL string
- FrontDomain string
- ICEAddresses []string
+ // BrokerURL is the full URL of the Snowflake broker that the client will connect to.
+ BrokerURL string
+ // AmpCacheURL is the full URL of a valid AMP cache. A nonzero value indicates
+ // that AMP cache will be used as the rendezvous method with the broker.
+ AmpCacheURL string
+ // FrontDomain is a the full URL of an optional front domain that can be used with either
+ // the AMP cache or HTTP domain fronting rendezvous method.
+ FrontDomain string
+ // ICEAddresses are a slice of ICE server URLs that will be used for NAT traversal and
+ // the creation of the client's WebRTC SDP offer.
+ ICEAddresses []string
+ // KeepLocalAddresses is an optional setting that will prevent the removal of local or
+ // invalid addresses from the client's SDP offer. This is useful for local deployments
+ // and testing.
KeepLocalAddresses bool
- Max int
+ // Max is the maximum number of snowflake proxy peers that the client should attempt to
+ // connect to.
+ Max int
}
-// Create a new Snowflake transport client that can spawn multiple Snowflake connections.
+// NewSnowflakeClient creates a new Snowflake transport client that can spawn multiple
+// Snowflake connections.
+//
// brokerURL and frontDomain are the urls for the broker host and domain fronting host
// iceAddresses are the STUN/TURN urls needed for WebRTC negotiation
// keepLocalAddresses is a flag to enable sending local network addresses (for testing purposes)
@@ -82,8 +106,10 @@ func NewSnowflakeClient(config ClientConfig) (*Transport, error) {
return transport, nil
}
-// Create a new Snowflake connection. Starts the collection of snowflakes and returns a
-// smux Stream.
+// Dial creates a new Snowflake connection.
+// Dial starts the collection of snowflakes and returns a SnowflakeConn that is a
+// wrapper around a smux.Stream that will reliably deliver data to a Snowflake
+// server through one or more snowflake proxies.
func (t *Transport) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
// Cleanup functions to run before returning, in case of an error.
var cleanup []func()
@@ -132,10 +158,12 @@ func (t *Transport) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
return &SnowflakeConn{Stream: stream, sess: sess, pconn: pconn, snowflakes: snowflakes}, nil
}
+// SetRendezvousMethod sets the rendezvous method to the Snowflake broker.
func (t *Transport) SetRendezvousMethod(r RendezvousMethod) {
t.dialer.Rendezvous = r
}
+// SnowflakeConn is a reliable connection to a snowflake server that implements net.Conn.
type SnowflakeConn struct {
*smux.Stream
sess *smux.Session
@@ -143,6 +171,9 @@ type SnowflakeConn struct {
snowflakes *Peers
}
+// Close closes the connection.
+//
+// The collection of snowflake proxies for this connection is stopped.
func (conn *SnowflakeConn) Close() error {
log.Printf("---- SnowflakeConn: closed stream %v ---", conn.ID())
conn.Stream.Close()
diff --git a/client/lib/webrtc.go b/client/lib/webrtc.go
index 6fc24c0..538cc8b 100644
--- a/client/lib/webrtc.go
+++ b/client/lib/webrtc.go
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import (
"github.com/pion/webrtc/v3"
)
-// Remote WebRTC peer.
+// WebRTCPeer represents a WebRTC connection to a remote snowflake proxy.
//
-// Handles preparation of go-webrtc PeerConnection. Only ever has
-// one DataChannel.
+// Each WebRTCPeer only ever has one DataChannel that is used as the peer's transport.
type WebRTCPeer struct {
id string
pc *webrtc.PeerConnection
@@ -35,7 +34,11 @@ type WebRTCPeer struct {
bytesLogger bytesLogger
}
-// Construct a WebRTC PeerConnection.
+// NewWebRTCPeer constructs a WebRTC PeerConnection to a snowflake proxy.
+//
+// The creation of the peer handles the signaling to the Snowflake broker, including
+// the exchange of SDP information, the creation of a PeerConnection, and the establishment
+// of a DataChannel to the Snowflake proxy.
func NewWebRTCPeer(config *webrtc.Configuration,
broker *BrokerChannel) (*WebRTCPeer, error) {
connection := new(WebRTCPeer)
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ func (c *WebRTCPeer) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
return len(b), nil
}
-//Returns a boolean indicated whether the peer is closed
+// Closed returns a boolean indicated whether the peer is closed.
func (c *WebRTCPeer) Closed() bool {
select {
case <-c.closed:
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ func (c *WebRTCPeer) Closed() bool {
return false
}
+// Close closes the connection the snowflake proxy.
func (c *WebRTCPeer) Close() error {
c.once.Do(func() {
close(c.closed)
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *WebRTCPeer) preparePeerConnection(config *webrtc.Configuration) error {
return nil
}
-// Close all channels and transports
+// cleanup closes all channels and transports
func (c *WebRTCPeer) cleanup() {
// Close this side of the SOCKS pipe.
if c.writePipe != nil { // c.writePipe can be nil in tests.
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